着き替がえ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

着替えする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

changing clothes; change of clothes

Refers to the act of changing one's clothes or a spare set of clothes. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to change clothes'.

〈物もの〉を着き替がえに持もってくるto bring a change of clothes
プールに行いくので着き替がえを持もってきてください。
Please bring a change of clothes since we're going to the pool.
着き替がえを済すませるto finish changing clothes
着き替がえを済すませてから朝ちょう食しょくを食たべた。
I finished changing clothes and then ate breakfast.
〈場ば所しょ〉で着き替がえをするto change clothes at a place
更こう衣い室しつで着き替がえをしてください。
Please change your clothes in the changing room.

更こう衣い
更衣 is a formal, written term for changing clothes (seen in 更衣室), while 着替え is the everyday word for the same act or for a spare set of clothes.
ドレッシング
着替え is the natural Japanese word for changing or putting on clothes, while ドレッシング in this sense is rare and mostly appears in compounds like ドレッシングルーム.

衣ころも替がえ
着替え means changing into different clothes on an everyday basis, whereas 衣替え refers specifically to the seasonal switch of one's whole wardrobe (e.g. from winter to summer clothes).

着ちゃくN2
Used for 着替え when counting a complete change of clothes as one set.
枚まいN3
Used to count each individual piece of clothing (着替え) as a flat item, e.g. シャツ1枚, ズボン1枚.

Compound of 着 (ki, 'wearing') + 替え (kae, 'replacement').